I think that anyone using IE 6 knows that they are skiing on barrel
staves. Those messages mostly piss folks off, particularly when they
are on a library site.

On the other hand, I really love getting "please update your Flash"
messages on my iPad :<P

On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 11:18 AM, Michael Schofield <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Does anyone actually generate a conditional message--say, if LTE IE7--to
> suggest that visitors upgrade or otherwise warn them about a wonky site?
>
> //Michael
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Cary
> Gordon
> Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2012 2:11 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Browser Wars
>
> While we will support anything that our clients want supported, we warn them
> away from IE6 and other expensive to support antiquities. We definitely pay
> attention to IE during development, as backtracking to fix an issue that has
> been buried can be both depressing and expensive.
>
> We test in Chrome, Firefox, IE, Opera, and Safari. We test Responsive and/or
> mobile sites in a range of mobile clients.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Cary
>
> On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 8:40 AM, Aaron Collier <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>> Firefox is the leader on our stats, but I think that's mostly because it
> is the default browser on almost any campus system. IE is close behind
> though while mobile browsers are the most sparse.
>>
>> I guess the old "develop in firefox, test in IE" still holds true.
>>
>>
>>
>> Aaron Collier
>> Library Academic Systems Analyst
>> California State University, Fresno - Henry Madden Library
>> 559.278.2945
>> [log in to unmask]
>> http://www.csufresno.edu/library
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Brig C McCoy" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2012 8:28:03 AM
>> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Browser Wars
>>
>> Hi...
>>
>> This is from the last six weeks from one of my public-facing websites.
>> Definitely not going to drop MSIE support for the website at this rate:
>>
>> # #reqs #pages browser
>> 1 18137 827 MSIE
>> 8651 437 MSIE/8
>> 7400 277 MSIE/9
>> 1866 52 MSIE/7
>> 193 42 MSIE/6
>> 16 16 MSIE/5
>> 11 3 MSIE/10
>> 2 1809 441 Safari
>> 1128 299 Safari/533
>> 202 58 Safari/534
>> 214 54 Safari/7534
>> 79 23 Safari/6533
>> 41 4 Safari/530
>> 13 3 Safari/531
>> 3 906 260 Netscape (compatible)
>> 4 1287 182 Firefox
>> 442 114 Firefox/13
>> 408 34 Firefox/12
>> 139 11 Firefox/10
>> 163 6 Firefox/3
>> 28 6 Firefox/14
>> 11 5 Firefox/9
>> 6 2 Firefox/4
>> 12 2 Firefox/6
>> 4 1 Firefox/15
>> 8 1 Firefox/7
>> 5 1164 175 Chrome
>> 718 111 Chrome/19
>> 409 61 Chrome/20
>> 23 1 Chrome/9
>> 4 1 Chrome/10
>> 1 1 Chrome/5
>>
>> ...brig
>>
>>
>> On 7/12/2012 9:33 AM, Michael Schofield wrote:
>>> Ever since Microsoft announced the new IE auto-update policy, the
>>> blogosphere is fussing. This is definitely important (and good) news,
>>> but sites-Smashing Magazine has three articles on it in the last few
>>> days-are really pushing the "drop IE support," and "its literally
>>> slowing the internet down." I'm down, but that attitude-especially
>>> for libraries-isn't really the right one to have. It is, IMHO, an old
>>> view. A smart design strategy with progressive enhancement can
>>> deliver content to . everyone - which should be the priority for
>>> non-prof / [local-]government web presences over flare. Right?--
>> Brig C. McCoy [log in to unmask]
>> Network Services Coordinator
>> Kansas City, Kansas Public Library
>> 625 Minnesota Avenue
>> Kansas City, KS 66101
>> tel 913-279-2349
>> cel 816-885-2700
>> fax 913-279-2271
>
>
>
> --
> Cary Gordon
> The Cherry Hill Company
> http://chillco.com



-- 
Cary Gordon
The Cherry Hill Company
http://chillco.com